Global BBA
- Lyon, France
- Shanghai, China
BBA
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English, French
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 14,300 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 1st year: €14,300 per year | 2nd year: €14,800 per year | 3rd year: €15,500 per year
Key Summary
A Bachelor program that prepares you for operational management with an innovative pedagogy that combines fundamental courses, group work, and internships in an international environment
- For high school students and graduates in general or technological series.
- A 4-year degree diploma accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education
- 4 years.
- Taught in French & English or Full English.
- Lyon, France
Excellence, Entrepreneurship, Innovation & International
The Global BBA is a certified 4-year "post-baccalauréat" bachelor's degree of excellence in management, designed to bring "post-baccalauréat" students to their full potential. As per Anglo-Saxon Bachelor degrees, this 4-year program is complete and ambitious, allowing to access qualified jobs and the best international double degrees. For those looking to pursue higher education, our Global Bachelor in Business Administration can be a passageway to some of the best Master's degrees. Our Global BBA is more than the excellence of one of the best-renowned business schools in France and in Europe. The pedagogical approach is based on experimentation and on an openness to the world via its multi-campus tracks. Resolutely looking towards operational management, our Global BBA not only allows you to learn the fundamentals and develop skills aligned with such a high academic level, but it is mostly a means to build and create by yourself academically and in companies. Your learning environment will thus be marked by this unique approach, and being a maker will open new horizons.
Key elements
- Live in Lyon, one of the most attractive cities in France - and study abroad thanks to our +150 partner universities.
- Solid fundamentals in business and management with innovative pedagogy.
- Multidisciplinary learnings thanks to regional academic partners.
- 7 double degrees.
- Up to 21 months in an internship and the possibility of dual apprenticeship.
- High-quality management and a teaching Faculty made of experts from emlyon business school.
- High-quality career support in a leading business school renowned for strong employability.
You want to change your pace? You want to get lifelong skills while taking your time to discover the world and choose your future? Welcome to the Global BBA !
Live an international experience
In addition to the multi-campus experience, academic exchanges including double degree opportunities are another way to develop your international exposure during your Bachelor's.
Benefit from the maker pedagogy
Our infrastructures, our pedagogical approaches, and our digital tools are designed to promote collective intelligence, stimulate your creativity, and encourage multidisciplinarity, hybridization & cross-fertilization.
Get ready for the jobs of tomorrow
The Global Bachelor of Business Administration aims to prepare you for the job market of tomorrow. In a global and digital world, you will need to have multiple skills to adapt to new disruptions (digitalization, artificial intelligence, etc.) in the global economy.
All opportunities at hand
emlyon business school’s careers services are recognized by companies and BBA students alike for their efficient support and guidance. 100 % of our graduates sign a contract for a high-quality job within 6 months of graduation.
- In order to orient you and prepare your employability, a full range of tools, workshops, conferences, and events are made available to you. Careers training may include individual coaching and meetings with the relevant experts ready to help you reflect on your areas of interest, identify relevant opportunities, master your digital image, and market yourself to company recruiters.
- 45,000 alumni in 130 countries, 100 correspondents across all continents to support you in your international mobility.
- Access to the online alumni directory, your resume visible to potential recruiters.
Jobs offers and prospects upon graduation will open a wide vista of opportunities in all sectors of activity including control & finance, marketing & communication, sales & business development, international projects & negotiation, with functions such as international business coordinator, financial analyst, external auditor, business manager, area manager, marketing officer, quality manager, global purchaser.
An alternative option after your Global BBA may be to pursue your studies. emlyon business school’s diverse offering of specialized graduate programs represents one immediate opportunity, while your 4-year Bachelor’s degree and wide-ranging experience will put many degree programs in other top institutions abroad well within your reach.
1st year
- Business economics and markets
- Company legal structures
- Company success stories
- Understanding accounting information and data
- Costs and decisions
- Marketing : analysing and understanding markets
- Negotiation techniques
- Computer tools for the manager
- Mathematics and statistics applied to management
- Data content and analysis
- Applied Research in Social Sciences (RECAPSS)
- Civil and Commercial Law (Morocco or China or France)
- Finance for managers
- Budget management
- Marketing Boomerang
- Sales Management
- Projet maker's academy
- Project management
- Business Game CESIM
2nd year
- Introduction to Management (Social Sciences, Work and Human Resources Management)
- Cross Cultural Management
- Strategic Marketing
- Integrated marketing communication (in English)
- Decision Support Methods (Applied Maths and statistics)
- Management Computer Tools
- Globalisation and Geopolitics (with focus on Africa, Asia or Europe)
- Taxation Laws (Morocco or China or France)
- Company Law (Morocco or China or France)
- CSR and Sustainable Development
- Introduction to financial markets
- Comparative accounting systems / International Accounting (En)
- Team Management
- Customer relations management
- Community management
- Web search engine optimisation (SEO)
- Visual Basic and Data base
3rd year
- International Business
- International Business Law (France)African Business Environment (Casa)
- Relevant costs
- Human Resources Management
- Social Entrepreneurship
- International marketing
- Business game international business development (Eurosim) + Cash Management
- Information & Digital systems
- Competitive & Business Intelligence
4th year
- Corporate governance
- Managing Sustainable Innovation
- Operations management
- Strategic & Change Management
- Global Business Case
- Internet of Things for Entrepreneurs (France) Export management (Casablanca)
- Brand management
- Digital transformation and new management practices
- Business Game
For more information about scholarships, please visit the institute website.
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